Bottle-stopper.



NO. 792,352. PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905. A. H. SOHMEDTJE. BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1. 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH H. SOHMEDTJE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOJOHN SOHMEDTJE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,352, dated June 13,1905.

Application filed July 1, 1904. Serial No. 14,341.

To (ml whom, it may concern.-

Be it .known that I, ADOLPH H. SOHMEDTJE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Bottle- Stoppers, of which the followingis a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in bottle-stoppers; and it consistsof the novel features herein shown, described, and claimed.

My object is to provide a beer-bottle or the like with a permanentstopper and seal; and my invention consists of the combination, with abeer-bottle or the like having a neck tapering outwardly, the dischargeend of the neck being ground, of a stopper tapering both ways from itscenter and ground to lit in the ground porltion of the neck and form astopper and sea In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical central sectionof the neck of the bottle and showing my stopper in position for use.Fig. 2 is a perspective of the bottle-stopper.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my improved bottle-stoppercomprises a solid glass body beveled both ways from its center andground to form the finished tapered ends 3 and 4t. Annular grooves 5 and6 may be formed at the tips of the ends 3 and 4: to provide meanswhereby the stopper may be gripped for handling. The bottle-neck 7tapers outwardly, and the discharge end of the neck has a taperedopening 8, ground and finished to receive either of the tapered ends 3or 4 of the stopper.

The stopper is inserted into the bottle during the operation of formingthe bottle and cannot be removed after the bottle is completed, exceptby breaking the glass.

In filling the bottle suitable instruments may be inserted to hold thestopper out of the neck and the bottle inverted and filled, and then thestopper is allowed to drop into place. The object of having the finishedends is to provide means of allowing the stopper to drop either end up.

The stopper fits tightly in its seat in the neck of the bottle and formsa perfect stopper and seal, no other seal being required to make thebottle air and water tight. When the stopper is seated, it extends tothe upper end of the neck of the bottle and is readily accessible whenit is desired to open the bottle, and a slight tap with any suitableinstrument upon the upper end of the stopper will unseat it and cause itto fall down into the bottle.

I claim 1. The combination with a bottle, the neck of which isinternally ground and finished to form a tapered seat at its dischargeend, of a stopper confined within the bottle and ground and finishedtherein so that it is adapted to fall into said seat and seal the saidneck upon the bottle being inverted, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a bottle the neck of which tapers outwardly andthe outer end of said neck being ground and finished to form a seat, ofa stopper tapering both ways from its center and confined within thebottle, and also ground and finished therein at both its ends, so thateither of the finished ends of the stopper may fall into the said seatwhen the bottle is inverted, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH H. SOHMEDTJE.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EIoKs, S. G. WELLS.

